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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11 screen saver
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Date: 20 Oct 88 11:54:32 GMT
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>   Charles (I don't want to hack my server) Young

So don't hack your server; just do 'xset s 3600'.  (If you can keep
your fingers off the keyboard/pointer for an hour and your program
is still drawing they maybe you need to modify something else :-)